₦airaland Forum

arena07:
It seems the guy doesn't know the reality about Nigeria he was defending

Don't mind that guy.

He has personal beef with the country that's it


I concluded that when he called America a land of failures

Chongaiman:
The otumokpo that Grace is using on Robert must be very potent.
While married to Stanley Goreraza with a child to boot, she was a mistress to Robert aka sidechick.
Braving all the odds against sidechicks, she succeeded Sally Hayfron as First Lady.
Like a monitoring spirit and drawing lessons from history, she never gave Robert the chance to have another sidechick.
Now she is steadlily working her way up to the real deal.
Kudos to her dibia...

lol


Mugabe when fit would still have had side chicks then

caesaraba:
I suspect you mean most villages in the South East.
Where I'm from, people still have values and would welcome you with open arms even if you come on foot. They don't encourage their children to become criminals and online touts like in the aforementioned areas.

And where might that be

cutieme:
Ugosample,where are u based?You seem to be seen everywhere....

Everywhere like how ?

kroger:
I have read some of your comments and i just laugh at your ignorance. Let me break this Nigeria and america controversy..

I have tasted both sides and i can boldly say America is Far more exceedingly better than Nigeria in terms of quality of life: Good road, great healthcare which our rich men in Nigeria travel to get, surplus food, 24/7 light, no air/noise pollution from Generator, you can travel with no fear of robbers on the road, Excellent school system. My very own elder brother is a bank manager in one of the new generation bank in Nigeria and he tells me how he is surviving,i recently sent him some money. How can u compare a registered nurse and a bank manager in Nigeria my wife is an RN getting paid 37$ an hour do the maths yourself and compare with my elder bro who rings my phone every now and then for money.

I recently took a vacation to Nigeria (Lagos) i was suppose to spend 3 weeks i ran back after 2 weeks because of constant power outage i had to buy 2k for fuel every bloody day, noise almost blocked my ear, Sars almost shot me because i refuse to settle them for no reason they labelled me a yahoo/arm robber, the story is for another day. Everywhere looking so filthy, all these is even enough for someone to run back.

America is not a bed of roses on the other hand, its a land of opportunities only if you are willing to hustle and improve your skill, a first timer might work at walmart, manufacturing company (warehouse) earning between 12$ to 15$ you can add a part time job to earn extra cash, all in all in a week a first timer earns between $450 to 500$ after tax and he lives just like those guys u call big men in Lekki and VGC. Compare side to side a nurse in Nigeria and a nurse in america, a bank manager in Nigeria and a bank manager in america. For you to compare a a menial worker in america to bank manager in Nigeria says it all..

If wee see truth make we talk am Nigeria no be am at all, no dey console yourself with hatred because american embassy deny you visa. stop the beer parlour argument and go do something tangible with your life.

LMAO

Una don dey yabb this guy too much lol

It's a beautiful country

londoner:
Were you raised in the streets? So why the analogy?

Ghana has its poor trust me. It's not about forever expecting other grown adults to take the blame for decisions you make in your own life.

Ghanaians are not pampered by their government but they are generally more principled by DECISION. There is a social expense to being a known criminal in Ghana whereas many Nigerians will celebrate a known thief
Who is it that will accept money to disrupt their system? Who is it that is accepting bags of rice to vote in terrible leaders for themselves and their children? Ordinary Nigerians that's who. There is no amount of money a Ghanaian will accept to disrupt Ghana.

Besides, Nigeria is surrounded by other poor countries whose governments ALSO don't do much for them but they don't seem to collectively stoop as low as some Nigerians morally. There is still a level of self respect and dignity eminating from the citizen.
When they seek other clines they take that with them too.

Ghanaians do not generally worship money as much as some Nigerians although they like nice things too. They along with other neighbouring Africans have mastered the art of contentment in their period of lack. A Nigerian will quickly become angry and desperate if he does not 'blow' in the fastest possible time even without any intention of working for it.

That desperation for FAST money leads to lots of the insecurity in some places Nigeria through unthinkable means. Trickery is a way of live for far too many in some places in Nigeria although not all. The government has their blame but the contribution of many of the 170 million other Nigerians in keeping Nigeria down, backwards and never reaching potential can not be overlooked.

You have a point

spartacus11:
So a small trader don't make 30k a month abi

Tomatoes sellers, peper sellers, village farmers

U forget d percentage of Nigerians living in d village and almost all of them are farmers

U people should stop spreading hunger, its not as bad as u guys shout it to be

Show me d person wen u say hunger wan kill, check d phone he or she is using Samsung iphone

Who buys d goods yankee people bring, who buy d cars, phones, electronics

Una go come dey say hunger dey

Na ghost people come dey buy dem

Who nor get dstv get startimes gotv or free to air, yet hunger wan kill dem

Show me a nigerian wen hunger wan kill

Hunger is real in Nigeria

And we have millions in idps too.


The fact you belong to the 15% hanging on does not change the fact that hunger is real in Nigeria/Africa.

I have travelled wide in Nigeria and seen with my eyes

You should do the same.

timesup234:
Boring talk. The first one million richest Nigerians made their money in Nigeria. 90% of Nigerians living in America and that includes college graduates are all broke ass! America is indeed a land of failures

Now you are beginning to sound like bad belle.

Land of failures my black arse

And Nigeria is a land of successful people abi while it's vice versa for US?

yeye

The fact that one is even comparing life in USA to Nigeria baffles me?
USA is far ahead of Nigeria in EVERYTHING
Life in Europe is even better

We in Africa need to step up and say no to sufferhead

BrowNetter:
I see your braveness. If you ever get an approved American visa, you should please tear it.. Now,
My brother, cousins and i are making it quite well in corporate America and not a single one of us will contemplate spending one night in Nigeria if it can be helped. No system is perfect, but you cannot convince me that Nigeria holds any value to anyone who appreciates real living (as against merely existing). 

You comparing an American menial worker and a Nigerian bank manager is bullshit. Why don't you do it this way;
* An American menial worker versus a Nigerian menial worker.
* A Doctor or Nurse in America with those in Nigeria.
* An American taxi driver to that of a Nigerian list so endless.
We pay tax, oh yes and we fucking love it. For about a decade, light went off like once, and that was during a hurricane in my city before which I already got an e-mail informing me on that. I have peace, security, justice, know i can drive at night, alone, on impulse, and have zero fear of armed robbers or area boys or bad roads. I go back to my abode, knowing i won't have to struggle to find kerosine to cook, that i won't need candles as my source of light, that i will turn on the tap and water will flow and that my biggest problem would be what to cook rather than if i will get to eat or not. Oh please fvck it, you can't compare

The average 18-year old American kid can take a backpack, pick a ticket to anywhere in Europe and fly out... with nothing but a few dollars in their pocket. In Nigeria, successful middle class adults have to provide tax forms, letters from employer, return tickets home, bank account information, invitation letters, cram visa interview questions and answer + 7 day fasting and prayer, just to spend a few days in South Africa of all places. My brother... America isn't perfect, but i'm sure glad i live here and not in Lagos.
Now you can continue Argueing with your village people

Don't mind the op

Notmyproblem:
I understand your position but I think you are not looking at it wholly. Let me use Netherlands for instance someone doing a menial job and earning 1800 Euros per month life's value is even better than that of a bank manager in Nigeria. Yes, the residual income of the bank manager is higher likewise his physical assets.

But what the guy in Netherlands takes for granted; security, social welfare, access to affordable and world class health facility, ability to send his children to the best school in the country without sweating about it is a luxury to the bank manager.

Yes, money wise the bank manager has more residual income but the life of the guy in Netherlands has more value than that of the bank manager so the question is how do you measure quality of life based on money in your bank account or free and easy access to the things that makes your life comfortable? The choice is yours and it is different for everyone.

thank you jare

timesup234:
So name a single child born of a Nigeria who we can classify as being successful since they relocated because of their children? Just name one..I will be waiting. All are lies brother, even people born in America can't save up $200,000 after 65yrs and rely on social security in their old age. Giving birth to your child in Nigeria even gives them an higher opportunity of making it and becoming globally known.

Sorry to say this but
...


Your last statement sounds soooo stupid

Giving birth to your kids here does what?

So Elumelu, AY, P Square 2face, et al who had their kids in the US are stupid?
politicians are having their kids abroad, are they stupid?

Even saraki is a British citizen born in the UK

Davido was born in ATL, even tho his father is well to do


Are they all stupid to do so?

You don't know anything

Justice96:
God bless America! Is it not the same bank manager that collects their percentage from yahoo boys.

don't mind that guy.

What you quoted up there is one of many crimes these so called managers commit

timesup234:
Even a senior RN with an annual salary of $75,000 in America can't be compared to a Bank Manager in Nigeria. Enough with their ridiculous joke!

You must be a joker LMAO

A bank manager that is not into shady stuff (most of them are) can NEVER be compared to one earming $75000 p.a. especially if that amount is after tax.

Nice thread.
Following earnestly

Luxuryconsult:
Hi, you are in Nigeria your home country.. Are you living large there? And mind you, before i start planning to relocate to this place, i have about 400k in my account and living in a free single room self contained. I was okay with myself in Nigeria, i do not have it all but i was comfortable now i came here, i'm now living in a single room, sleeping on the floor, taking garri.. Why do you think i made the choice? Nigeria is fast becoming something else, it is not secure.. Things are not going well with my country.. I came here knowing fully well the consequencies, hun.. I could have continue living in my little luxury in Nigeria, but please.. If it's like i wanted more, i could have choosed dubai instead, i can get people to assist me with few more tokens with what i had and go for dubai, but all i wanted was to leave that shithole country.. Nigeria was fast becoming hell on earth. As time goes by, i will be okay here and i'd get on tracks, hun? Even those that travelled to dubai didn't just get there to start a luxurious life, you can ask justi4jesu what it feels like... And me not getting a job till now is all my fault, i am not always good at searching for jobs since i have not once search for one.. I deal with the computers.. Getting the right connection will set my feet on the rock here soon.. Very soon i say, i'd be back at my feet my sister. And i know few Nigerians here that always give thanks to God for the choice they made to leave that country.. And even though all the policemen are not the same, but with this little time have spent here, my sister, here is quit peaceful than many states and places in Nigeria.. And the electricity you are paying for in Nigeria, i know you can count the hours you do use them in a day.. Wether it's expensive here or not, it's worth it.. It's 24/7.. And 5 cedis ain't N500 and like i said earlier, whenever you are out of Nigeria, stop trying to do the exchange to Nigeria currency, you'd cry.. The exchange is not in favour of Nigeria naira at all.. Common cedi is now N87.. Is Nigeria and it's leaders not ashamed of themselves? Hun. Common cedi ooo. I pity that country.. I'm just glad i'm free from it first and i pray God will protect people i left there.. I have no plan to return t that country ever again. But if i return still someday, i pray God will continue to keep me as He has always been doing in that country.

I'm happy that you are happy where you are, but even though I don't agree with Pidgin2 most times, it's not good to insult one's country with reckless abandon the way you did

Please resist that.

The same country that you are insulting is home to millions of foreigners that don't have any plans of going home


Apart from that, I'm enjoying your thread.

Imarnuel04:
Why the füçk did he return to Nigeria?? I made the same mistake 5 years ago

oh really?

QueenOfNepal:
The North killing their own out of greed and religious purpose. This man is the only foreign Phd holder in about 25 LGA in Kano state

Will you keep quiet?

Nigeman:
If you CAN be a Chartered Accountant, ICAN.

I am a member but that Cult making life difficult for aspiring Accountants in Nigeria.

Rubbish old people.

Which cult?

Please expantiate

timesup234:
Still very far from how you are seeing it. $40,000 is nothing anywhere in America but in new york it is poverty. It will get you by in smaller towns but forget about saving anything for 401k or your retirement. You will depend on social security to live when you get to 65. The average Nigerian in America is a Registered Nurse or License Practical Nurse. At the peak of their career they can only make $65,000 and that is after 20 yrs of working. Even people earning $150,000 in America can't even afford to pay tuition fee for their kids. They rely on credit and loans facility. They don't have the money in cash. America is a credit base system, even the cars you see them drive will take 5-7yrs to pay off then their houses another 30 yrs.

So what is your point


Life in the U.S. and Africa can NEVER be compared under any metrics, so leave that story you are talking.

How many Nigerians can pull out N500,000 for emergencies?

faith551:
We're always proud to be in the shadows, why shouldn't it be future getting all excited about hosting a Nigerian star

Because they are not mates I.e the American and Nigerian industry

Chibudollar:
Peter the buyer of other people's songs... keep on buying na u go tire ... ode oshi

See this one o

Omofunaab2:
I concur... They call it "ogwu ego" in the East. .. Most of the media houses have their headquarters in the West...So expect more of lagos, Ibadan, Ogun news.

Nobody really gives a fook about happenings in the east.. So most of these things are not reported .


Anambra is number one when it comes to money rituals in Nigeria... Even potor miscreants are aware of that

What is this one saying bikonu?

Page 419 LMAO; D

UKmigrant:
Got to London Paddington in less than 20 minutes. This would have taken longer if I used the tubes, moreso I didn't want to suffer too much cos I had quite some baggages!

Just look at how organized this place looks LMAO

Kingsley1000:
You're a fool




TONY NWOYE will bring Anambra to the central government, watch the video when he turned around during Onitsha rally and said to Osibanjo to quicken the rehabilitation of Onitsha-Enugu Express way. Expressing his dismay the time it takes to travel between Awka and Enugu.He talked about unemployed youths,education and Industrialization of Awka,Onitsha and Nnewi.

What is a state's business with the centre

Livefreeordieha:
u are a deranged deluded gadamnn douchebag...I'm damn sure I'm older more experienced than both of you...You so daft and dumb that you think everyone on nairaland is a minion like you...

I grew up in my house seeing whites and i have been living abroad after my university which is over a decade now..And I'm sure you are still crumbling and masturbating on false news and wishing for a overnite miracles....


I made my comments from firsthand experience,dude from where did you gather yours?the only sensible thing in your post was the mention of the new Generation Nigerians in US..Which i happen to have a firsthand knowledge of, my Younger sisters are in California.


If u wanna quote me please make sure your senses are intact..If not i will deliver you the good old days before the media frenzy...'ignore dumb fools'

You just acted like a kid.

if you were old/mature as you claim to be, you would have ignored or answered in a better way.

Don't take this the wrong way tho

omenka:
Same guy once wrote..
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Nairaland!

You don't mean it
Liars everywhere

jp130:
please i just downloaded ibtc mmf forms. should i print all the 8 copies and fill wher i am required to fill?

Someone should pls answer this.

janellemonae:
What Is dt d nonsense u jokers discuss in ur beer parlours in d east?

Her dad is not transporting diesel or selling products. His company is involved in upstream activities - yes big money.
As I told someone earlier, aliko dangote, folorunso alakija and sayu dantata (owner of MRS dt bought chevron nigeria), were at peter and lolas wedding. WHY WAS NONE of them at paul and anitas wedding??!! Not even one. These are lolas dads friends. Afi dating aliko naa. Oponu.

no mind am

mightyhazel:
take it easy on the lies...

She is right

Even tho it's hard to admit, those of us who know, know